I never miss your videos. I used to be a John Deere service manager and know more than most about agricultural machinery, but I didn't know what a walker combine was. I grew up in cotton country. This video, like all you videos, answered every question I had. A telemarketer or housewife could have easily explained what a walker combine was and why it was chosen after watching your work. Thanks again. No one does it better!
Love the commentary. Love not having music blocking out the tractor and field noises. I wish more tractor videographers would do the same. Thank for a job well done.
Absolutely loved the video ,it is always good to see these older conventional combines at work and the cutaway was great ,beautiful combines in good order ,thank you for all your hard work putting these together.
interman 77 my parents actually own these combines we do strictly custom with them the only reason we have the 9650’s is for the straw we upgraded our 9550 to a S670 and the S was almost as good as these. We also run a 9610 with a 25ft head
This was great and very informative has I often wondered when the Wasker style harvesters when out of vouge, What was the main reason? Was it efficiency, cost, etc. Great Video as always and the comentary is always a bonus
We used to clip the stubble with a 7 ft sickel bar mower mounted on a Ford 8n. Mowed in the opposite direction the combine went so we could clip the straw that was leaning over from the tires. Couldn't leave the stubble in the field, that would be wasteful.. lol
+beaver one the farm runs several bakers to keep three bale wagons rolling. All the tractors get hooked up on balers. You might see a 4020, 2240, 4440,7210,8130 and the 8300 out baling. I would rather be in the 8300 than outside on the 2240.
We still are doing the same basic thing with our wheat except we are using an old gleaner L3. We use an accumulator to pick up the bales outta the field. The horse farmers like the conventional straw better than chopped straw.
I'm obviously showing my ignorance here, but is the reason for putting that tread on the steering tires make them better able to steer in marshy ground? If so, it surprises me, given all my years of seeing conventional two-wheel drive tractors with the front tires lacking aggressive tread, only ridges running parallel to the direction of the tire's rotation.
Just a though here, but can't much of the issue of using rotary type combines scattering the straw too much to make proper wind rows be overcome if you followed the combine with a tractor pulling a rotary rake to put things back in order for the baler to follow?
This farm cuts over 1,000 acres of wheat with 4 combines. They travel over a wide area through several towns. It is easier to remove the headers when they move.
ToluMolu Jha these are my family’s machines we do custom. And we use them for wheat, barley, oats, buck wheat, soybeans , high moisture corn, cob corn, and normal corn
It is not intentional. In the past I have narrated the video while I was filming. I am just starting to create some videos with a micro phone and voice over. It is taking some practice to get the microphone and the pacing to line up with the video.
bigtractorpower oh okay but I still love the vids, it's probably better to hear yourself in a nice quiet room than with tractors and such buzzing around, and you'll sound a lot clearer, and you can adjust the voice of your volume to make sure people can hear you a lot clearer and louder
It's a time saver as well. Trying to narrate in the field has several challenges. If I mess up s line a clip is ruined and I have to wait for the machine to make another pass. There are only so many rounds in a field so if I mess up a line I am losing ground each time to get a good shot. Also the sound is tough when I am getting s close up. The machine drowns out my voice. Now I can turn down the machine noise and turn my voice up.
When I was a boy, the guy who farmed my grandparents' farm had a White combine. I would even crawl inside the threshing compartment when it was parked in the barn to get an idea exactly how it worked. I didn't know what type of thresher it had at the time, but your explanation of the combines in this video tells me that the old White that I used to crawl around inside clear back in the 1980s was indeed a walker type.
The 20ft seems to do well. When the 9500s were out allot farms in WNY ran 18ft heads. Straw production often makes more than the grain harvested in the region. In the fall many farms have a second larger head for soybeans. For example one area farm has an S660 they run a 922F head on for wheat and a 630 head for soybeans.
bigtractorpower my parents and I own the combines in the video and we run these heads in soybeans too. We also have a 9610 with a 925F and a S670 with a 630FD.
Straw out of a walker is the best. We had a 9550 until we sold it a couple years ago and got a 9770. We were so disappointed with the quality of straw out of the rotor that we bought a 9510 just so we could have good straw again. Thanks for showing some good looking conventional machines!
You don't see many of these walker machines in my area anymore. One neighbor had one for a while, but he moved on to a rotor machine. Really once Deere switched over to the dark side, there was no turning back. Older walker machines are still popular with us guys who bale straw, but a rotor machine will run circles around them if you don't care about the straw.
thanks for that video, i am just playing farming simulator 22 and got a JD9650STS in that game, found your video while searching for infos about that combine. If i would start farming, i think i would buy such a 9650STS ;)
Looks good with those wide tires, combines should have wheels not tracks! BTW, how common are new walker combines in the US? Are they also fading away as in Europe?
They are not very common any more. In WNY where small square baling is popular farms ran 9650s and then 9660s. The last new 9660 was sold in WNY in 2005 and for 2006 that same farm went to a 9660 STS. After the 9660 John Deere introduced the 9660 WTS for North America as a small grain only combine which was followed by a T670 which initial used a 70 series cab and was upgraded to the S series cab. I visited a farm in California that ran two T670s. Unfortunately it was not harvest season so I did not get to see the T670s run. While I can not see much difference between a 9650 and a T670, John Deere markets them as small grain only and makes no mention of corn and soybeans for this model. That limits the T670 to the Norther Plains.
I don't live far from Rochester NY there's a big farm in Elba NY which is not far from Rochester there calls star growers they do few thousand acres same with Jeffrey's
Very cool. We have a video of the POD Squad harvesting Lima beans out in Kendall on the way. I have always wanted to visit Star Growers to see their Steiger line up.
nice video I think they could use more ponies on that square baler! we have a big guy by use that runs two of them just for straw. the draw back on them was the walker change from the hundred series they shake them selfs apart.
Thank u Big Tractor great Educational video 🤠I have said before I enjoy farming and watching the farmer work there equipment 😃And u take me there 😊Take care my friend 🐝
Great historical video, BTP. My only question for the people operating these machines: Why park the header wagon in the uncut crop? Was it just that hard to maneuver in the grass at the edge of the field?
The entrance to the field was a cut through a fence line and a creek. In order to get all the equipment in the first combine had to park in the wheat to get started. If you notice later in the video at the 5:43 mark the 9650s cross paths. You will notice the second 9650 moves across the headland and gets the piece of unharvested wheat where the header wagon was initially parked.
Is the threshing cylinder spike tooth, or rasp bar? What is the arrangement of counter concave tooth/rasp bars are used - e.g. tooth spacing, number of rows, etc.? My point of reference is the much older JD 45/55/95 combines. I think these look similar - feeder housing, threshing cylinder, beater, then on to the straw walkers.
I am sorry I do not know for sure. I know allot about machine production years,, machine factory history and general specs off the top of my head. When it comes to the mechanics of a machine and tire size I am not very good. Hopefully another viewer can help fill us in.
The machine combines cutting and threshing. Before the combine grain was cut and bundle in the field. The bundles were carried to a thresher at the farm where straw was separated from grain. The combine made it possible to cut and thresh in one step.
I never miss your videos. I used to be a John Deere service manager and know more than most about agricultural machinery, but I didn't know what a walker combine was. I grew up in cotton country.
This video, like all you videos, answered every question I had. A telemarketer or housewife could have easily explained what a walker combine was and why it was chosen after watching your work.
Thanks again. No one does it better!
What? You cant' be real?
Love the commentary. Love not having music blocking out the tractor and field noises. I wish more tractor videographers would do the same. Thank for a job well done.
+William & Laurel Walsh Thank you for watching.
+William & Laurel Walsh thank you for watching. It is fun to go out and film these machines close up.
I agree, I don't want to hear stupid music covering the machine noise. After all the video is on the equipment.
Absolutely loved the video ,it is always good to see these older conventional combines at work and the cutaway was great ,beautiful combines in good order ,thank you for all your hard work putting these together.
Thank you for watching.
interman 77 my parents actually own these combines we do strictly custom with them the only reason we have the 9650’s is for the straw we upgraded our 9550 to a S670 and the S was almost as good as these. We also run a 9610 with a 25ft head
This was great and very informative has I often wondered when the Wasker style harvesters when out of vouge, What was the main reason? Was it efficiency, cost, etc. Great Video as always and the comentary is always a bonus
We used to clip the stubble with a 7 ft sickel bar mower mounted on a Ford 8n. Mowed in the opposite direction the combine went so we could clip the straw that was leaning over from the tires. Couldn't leave the stubble in the field, that would be wasteful.. lol
Very neat history.
Lol. Watching that 8300 drive that small square baler, was like watching Mike Tyson doing the house work. It's massive overkill.
+beaver one the farm runs several bakers to keep three bale wagons rolling. All the tractors get hooked up on balers. You might see a 4020, 2240, 4440,7210,8130 and the 8300 out baling. I would rather be in the 8300 than outside on the 2240.
this is such a cool set up those combines look badazz!
+ritzbitz11 the 50 and 60 series walker machines were and are cool.
Great vid with much information!!
We still are doing the same basic thing with our wheat except we are using an old gleaner L3. We use an accumulator to pick up the bales outta the field. The horse farmers like the conventional straw better than chopped straw.
I have seen your L3 running next to the WK Parkway. I would enjoy getting a chance to film it at work.
Who owns the combines
I'm obviously showing my ignorance here, but is the reason for putting that tread on the steering tires make them better able to steer in marshy ground?
If so, it surprises me, given all my years of seeing conventional two-wheel drive tractors with the front tires lacking aggressive tread, only ridges running parallel to the direction of the tire's rotation.
PinkOld we own these combines on my family’s farm and both the combines are 4WD
Oka...fine please confirm its availability in India
Just a though here, but can't much of the issue of using rotary type combines scattering the straw too much to make proper wind rows be overcome if you followed the combine with a tractor pulling a rotary rake to put things back in order for the baler to follow?
PinkOld my family owns and runs these machines and the straw quality is what people want not necessarily quantity
Why would they have to take those small heads off when they move, they aren't much wider than the combine.
This farm cuts over 1,000 acres of wheat with 4 combines. They travel over a wide area through several towns. It is easier to remove the headers when they move.
power
What exactly are they baling the straw for?
The straw is sold to horse racing tracks and zoos.
I love your videos to
+Nick Nicolaides thank you for watching.
Dusty straw for bedding? Chaff dropping right on windrow
+46Rambo it is all small squared baled.
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Doe's this combine 9650 use for corn and soyabean?
ToluMolu Jha these are my family’s machines we do custom. And we use them for wheat, barley, oats, buck wheat, soybeans , high moisture corn, cob corn, and normal corn
muito bom
don't see many of those
Is your most recent video of this same farm? Lol
Yes. They hire these 9650s to help them harvest wheat. The farm itself runs an S680 and a 9660 STS combine.
Creepy monotone
It is not intentional. In the past I have narrated the video while I was filming. I am just starting to create some videos with a micro phone and voice over. It is taking some practice to get the microphone and the pacing to line up with the video.
bigtractorpower oh okay but I still love the vids, it's probably better to hear yourself in a nice quiet room than with tractors and such buzzing around, and you'll sound a lot clearer, and you can adjust the voice of your volume to make sure people can hear you a lot clearer and louder
It's a time saver as well. Trying to narrate in the field has several challenges. If I mess up s line a clip is ruined and I have to wait for the machine to make another pass. There are only so many rounds in a field so if I mess up a line I am losing ground each time to get a good shot. Also the sound is tough when I am getting s close up. The machine drowns out my voice. Now I can turn down the machine noise and turn my voice up.
Great video, really enjoy your narratives and info on the machinery featured. Thanks for your time and effort to produce these videos!
can i get this combine machine delivery in India
When I was a boy, the guy who farmed my grandparents' farm had a White combine.
I would even crawl inside the threshing compartment when it was parked in the barn to get an idea exactly how it worked.
I didn't know what type of thresher it had at the time, but your explanation of the combines in this video tells me that the old White that I used to crawl around inside clear back in the 1980s was indeed a walker type.
great video your knowledge on farm machinery is great thanks again
Love watching those machines run! Figured they'd at least run a 25ft head though.
The 20ft seems to do well. When the 9500s were out allot farms in WNY ran 18ft heads. Straw production often makes more than the grain harvested in the region. In the fall many farms have a second larger head for soybeans. For example one area farm has an S660 they run a 922F head on for wheat and a 630 head for soybeans.
bigtractorpower my parents and I own the combines in the video and we run these heads in soybeans too. We also have a 9610 with a 925F and a S670 with a 630FD.
Straw out of a walker is the best. We had a 9550 until we sold it a couple years ago and got a 9770. We were so disappointed with the quality of straw out of the rotor that we bought a 9510 just so we could have good straw again. Thanks for showing some good looking conventional machines!
How does a walker combine fare when harvesting soybeans ?
You don't see many of these walker machines in my area anymore. One neighbor had one for a while, but he moved on to a rotor machine. Really once Deere switched over to the dark side, there was no turning back. Older walker machines are still popular with us guys who bale straw, but a rotor machine will run circles around them if you don't care about the straw.
The rotor has dominated the market. Thank you for watching.
combine would handle a 30 foot easy
thanks for that video, i am just playing farming simulator 22 and got a JD9650STS in that game, found your video while searching for infos about that combine. If i would start farming, i think i would buy such a 9650STS ;)
Looks good with those wide tires, combines should have wheels not tracks!
BTW, how common are new walker combines in the US? Are they also fading away as in Europe?
They are not very common any more. In WNY where small square baling is popular farms ran 9650s and then 9660s. The last new 9660 was sold in WNY in 2005 and for 2006 that same farm went to a 9660 STS. After the 9660 John Deere introduced the 9660 WTS for North America as a small grain only combine which was followed by a T670 which initial used a 70 series cab and was upgraded to the S series cab. I visited a farm in California that ran two T670s. Unfortunately it was not harvest season so I did not get to see the T670s run. While I can not see much difference between a 9650 and a T670, John Deere markets them as small grain only and makes no mention of corn and soybeans for this model. That limits the T670 to the Norther Plains.
This was going back and looking at these older machines work. If they had a draper head heads first would we have gone to rotary combines?
Awesome tires!😀
👍👍 Thank you for watching.
I don't live far from Rochester NY there's a big farm in Elba NY which is not far from Rochester there calls star growers they do few thousand acres same with Jeffrey's
Very cool. We have a video of the POD Squad harvesting Lima beans out in Kendall on the way. I have always wanted to visit Star Growers to see their Steiger line up.
bigtractorpower oh ya they got s bunch if steigers
Why would they not just use a swather? I'm sure it could do the job a lot faster and cheaper
Doe's this combine 9650 use for corn and soyabean?
ToluMolu Jha we own these combines on my family’s farm and we do corn, cob corn, high moisture corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and buckwheat with them
Great video
nice video I think they could use more ponies on that square baler! we have a big guy by use that runs two of them just for straw. the draw back on them was the walker change from the hundred series they shake them selfs apart.
what year are these machines
I do not know unfortunately. They are some where between year 2000 and 2003 models.
Steven Rojas we own these combines on our farm and the one with skinnier tires is a later 50 series while the wider tread combine is an earlier model
can i get this combine machine delivery in India
Ran one for destry Christenson doing custom harvest great machine he was out of hydro ok
can i get this combine machine delivery in India
can i get this combine machine delivery in India
Thank u Big Tractor great Educational video 🤠I have said before I enjoy farming and watching the farmer work there equipment 😃And u take me there 😊Take care my friend 🐝
Thank you for watching.
Great historical video, BTP. My only question for the people operating these machines: Why park the header wagon in the uncut crop? Was it just that hard to maneuver in the grass at the edge of the field?
The entrance to the field was a cut through a fence line and a creek. In order to get all the equipment in the first combine had to park in the wheat to get started. If you notice later in the video at the 5:43 mark the 9650s cross paths. You will notice the second 9650 moves across the headland and gets the piece of unharvested wheat where the header wagon was initially parked.
Love these! Nice video!
like the L series truck in the background!
This farm has a fleet of Ford Louisville’s.
Is the threshing cylinder spike tooth, or rasp bar? What is the arrangement of counter concave tooth/rasp bars are used - e.g. tooth spacing, number of rows, etc.? My point of reference is the much older JD 45/55/95 combines. I think these look similar - feeder housing, threshing cylinder, beater, then on to the straw walkers.
I am sorry I do not know for sure. I know allot about machine production years,, machine factory history and general specs off the top of my head. When it comes to the mechanics of a machine and tire size I am not very good. Hopefully another viewer can help fill us in.
Thanks.
Why is it called a combine when in fact it separates the grain from the chaff
The machine combines cutting and threshing. Before the combine grain was cut and bundle in the field. The bundles were carried to a thresher at the farm where straw was separated from grain. The combine made it possible to cut and thresh in one step.
I LIVE IN ROCHESTER
+Nick Nicolaides I grew up in Rochester.
Really great video and explanation.
Thank you.
Doe's this combine 9650 use for corn and soyabean?
+ToluMolu Jha yes it does.
Corn wheat and soybeans my family’s farm owns the combined